News and case law

26 May, 2022

One in four universal credit cases have an overpayment or fraud error

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26 May, 2022

Department for Communities publishes universal credit, PIP and benefit cap statistics for period to February 2022

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25 May, 2022

Claimant’s right to reside as a jobseeker did not preclude her from relying on derivative right to reside as primary carer of child of EEA national to establish entitlement to housing benefit

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25 May, 2022

Government announces plan to open a Central London Tribunal Centre by the end of 2023

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24 May, 2022

Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts that real value of benefits will fall by 5 per cent, or £12 billion in total, in 2022/2023

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24 May, 2022

Bill to remove the two child limit from universal credit receives first reading

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24 May, 2022

Almost a fifth of PIP appeals are lapsed before the tribunal hearing due to DWP changing the decision in the claimant’s favour

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24 May, 2022

Welsh Government sets out vision for devolved justice system in Wales

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24 May, 2022

Scottish local authorities spent more than twice the discretionary housing payment funding allocated to them for mitigating reductions in LHA in 2021/2022

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23 May, 2022

Select Committee presses Prime Minister on his pledge to consider raising benefit levels to help people cope with the rapidly rising cost of living

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20 May, 2022

Response of some energy suppliers to recent change to Fuel Direct scheme is ‘unacceptable’, says Work and Pensions Secretary

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20 May, 2022

Almost 8,000 staff will be affected by next phase of DWP’s office closure plan

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Almost half of private landlords have limited awareness of, or engagement with, legislation and good practice

One in four universal credit cases have an overpayment or fraud error

Housing Ombudsman makes finding of severe maladministration as a result of substantial delays in Hackney Council dealing with damp, mould and leaks at a resident’s property

Department for Communities publishes universal credit, PIP and benefit cap statistics for period to February 2022

High Court rules that a council housing applicant cannot be said to have caused their own statutory overcrowding by a ‘deliberate act’ if they lacked the funds to afford more suitable housing

Claimant’s right to reside as a jobseeker did not preclude her from relying on derivative right to reside as primary carer of child of EEA national to establish entitlement to housing benefit

Government announces plan to open a Central London Tribunal Centre by the end of 2023

Increase in number of days that property is available for letting before being prevented from counting as a domestic property for purposes of council tax in Wales

Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts that real value of benefits will fall by 5 per cent, or £12 billion in total, in 2022/2023

Bill to remove the two child limit from universal credit receives first reading

DWP underspent 2021/2022 Kickstart budget by more than a third

Housing Secretary intends to take a ‘personal and direct interest’ in Clarion Housing’s approach to housing standards and management following recent findings of maladministration by Housing Ombudsman

Almost a fifth of PIP appeals are lapsed before the tribunal hearing due to DWP changing the decision in the claimant’s favour

Welsh Government sets out vision for devolved justice system in Wales

Scottish local authorities spent more than twice the discretionary housing payment funding allocated to them for mitigating reductions in LHA in 2021/2022

Select Committee presses Prime Minister on his pledge to consider raising benefit levels to help people cope with the rapidly rising cost of living

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

Response of some energy suppliers to recent change to Fuel Direct scheme is ‘unacceptable’, says Work and Pensions Secretary

Almost 8,000 staff will be affected by next phase of DWP’s office closure plan